Sheri S.
Yelp
The staff of the Knotty Deck and Bar make the place special. Personable, friendly, helpful, agreeable and creative--if I had a restaurant here in Austin, I would want to steal them away. In alphabetical order, Christian, Karli, Kathleen and Tanya were our special helpmates. They made great suggestions, attuned to our tastes. They made us fabulous drinks including improvising on one occasion, which they delightfully took on as a team project. One staff person went out of her way to be especially helpful to us. They were kind, jovial and conversational. They laughed at all of our jokes--and even sincerely! They were just wonderful. (And a couple of them created for me some of the best spicey jalapeño margaritas ever.)
We spent one warm, surreally beautiful night on the outside deck, filled with trees, the sound of cicadas and magical light. Tanya recommended a perfect meal for us including amazing Brussels sprouts (even checking with us for our glazing preference--"light" was perfect), BBQ chicken wings with blue cheese dressing, some nice fish with amazing sides and a delicious tortilla soup. She brought us lovely wines--a red and a white--to match. It was a heavenly night for food and ambiance, made possible by our special friend of the evening.
Leaving this AM for San Antonio and just had a fabulous breakfast of perfect omelet with just about everything (beautiful veg!), hash browns a little underdone as I like them, and gorgeous fruit including the world's largest raspberry which I could not bring myself to eat as it should be saved for world records. It was really a wonderful breakfast. Kathleen was our server and with goodness, humor and cheer attended to our every need. Saul, from banquets, came to check in on us as things were shutting down. Again, truly superlative staff here, lovely place, lovely food.